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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-04-01

S was claimed as foaled in 1874, but her
colt of 1874 was chestnut. "Oh, con-
sistency." Mr.. Sim Lewis books will
show that she was bred to Corbeau in
1872. Sam Bryant, of Louisville, Ky,
b. X. Kinny, of Shelbyville, Ky, James
Hunter, II. G.. Turtz, all knew she was
bred to Corbeau in 1872. If any gentle
man in Indiana thinks the PAGER Billy S
was sired by Blue Bull will bet him any
reasonable amount he wishes from 500
to $1,000 that he can't prove the fact, and
as much more that can prove that he is
not by Blue Bull, but by Corbeau. That
he was foaled in 1873, and foaled mine !;
his dam belonged to me when he was
foaled, and was purchased by Mr.. Wilson,
with his dam when he was yearling.
think AS much of Blue Bull as any one,
bred to him. But don't wish to detract
from the old ram-necked Corbeau. and
add to Blue Bull. Billy 5 is as far from
being by Blue Bull as Goldsmith Maid,
Rarsus, Flora Temple, Maud 5, Jay-Eye-
See, Phallas, Maxy Cobb, or any of
them. Either of them could be claimed
for Blue Bull with the same show to sub
stantate the fact.-[W W. Abbott in
Duntons Spirit.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-04-01

len w. Thomson asking for minute de-
scripton of Traveller; and the gentleman
only needs to be told that when little
shaver the one great desire of the writer,
blessed little heart, was to be a colt to
satisfy him of his ability to take in points
of horse at an early age. He was about
10 1-2 hands; weighed, say, 1l50 lbs; a
large, full nostril (Which is always indi-
cative of good breeding) face very lit
tie dishing; broad, full forehead; large,
full, sharp but kind eyes, well set apart !;
ears round and rather short and inclining
little outward; clean-cut head set on
one of the most shapely of necks of me-
dunn length; nicely sloping shoulders ;
strong full arms, broad knees, very round
full barrel ribbed home; broad, strong
loin, shapely hips; hook rather short
from hip to whirlbone; long tail, med-
um size well set on, which he carried well
up; stiff, full, strong hooks; broad, fiat
and cordy legs, and as free of long hair
as any thoroughbred; posterns, which
were white, medium length, and the best
of feet, and carried himself grandly had
a very fast, springy walk and trot and
was anything but a PAGER He was Il
high-headed, saucy-looking fellow. NV
recollection of him is very vivid. His
percentage of PAGERS was small !: all his
get were very spirited and fast. He died
in the county. have been casting about
for some one who would be likely to
know his age and history. Should be
able to gather the information asked for
will Immediately forward it to Mr.. Thorn
son. That he was in some way related to
Moreton's Traveller POSSIBLY Morton's)
however, is certain and equally certain
that he was very high bred.
LEXINGTON.
We add the following advertisements
taken from the North Star, published at
Danville, VT:
''The noted and well-known Young
Traveller or Guernsey Horse" at Wheel
ock and Danville. "Any person wishing
to improve his stock of horses may make
enquiries of the breed of the Guernsey
Horse in Danville, Wheelock and Sutton
where his colts are well known.
ISAAC W. STANTON, JR.
Danvlle, June |, 1916"
Young Traveller in Danville, Lyndon
and st. ,johnsbury. "I Dung Traveller
descended from the old Dutch Goss
Horse, and as he is generally known q
particular description is deemed unneces.
sary. 1t is presumed, however. thai
those who call will be satisfied with hi.
figure and movements. Terms. 50 the
season. 81 to ensure foal. and 81 the
single leap"
ST. Johnsbury, May IA, 1917"
ITO he continued
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-04-01

A writer in The Journal of Man,
published in Boston. holds that 1.-The at
tainable limits of human longevity are
generally moderated 10y the medical pro-
fession and by popular opinion. In
stead of the Scriptural limit of three
score and ten he SAYS. Il would esti
mate twice that amount. or 40 years. as
the ideal age of healthy longevity, when
mankind shall have been bred and trained
with the same wise energy that has been
expended on horses and cattle. OF the
present scrub race, very large number
ought never to have been born. and
ought not to be allowed to transmit their
physical and moral DEFICIENCIES to poster
ity.' This estimate, he insists, is sus-
tanned by the number of persons of the
age of 40 found in Italy under a census
by one of the Roman emperors. 1t is
aided. moreover. by the number of per-
sons in this country who have passed the
century mit.-Detroit Free Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-04-01
The Professional Eater.

These eating contests. quail or any
thing else. are not so common as they
used to be. They used to be popular
down south. where big niggers We're
hired to eat against each other. \ pro-
fessional eater II don't believe there are
any now will train on certain foods and
go right through his job on time at an
average rate, and not be sick when he is
done. When it comes to drinking, that
is different thing, all depending ON the
make up of the man. One man could
drink a quart of whisky at swallow,
while another would drop dead. a man
can accustom himself to do feats of eat
ing but he must naturally have capacity
for drinking.-Jack Farrelly in Globe
Democrat
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-04-01
SUNDRY LETTERS.
LADY EMMA AND PEARsALL.

The following is an extract from the
poster of Pearsall for 1879, sent by Mr..
David Jones of Cold Harbor, whose letter
was published in the REGISTER of March
Is. This will, he says, "give the pedigree
of Lady Emma in full, as they were own
brother and sister,
"Pearsall, blood bay, some white in
forhead, one hind ankle white; was got
by Jupiter, out of Empress; Jupiter was
got by Long Island Black Hawk, out of
Gypsy, by Alamack, by Mambrino, by
Imported Messenger; Empress was got by
Abdallah out of Suffolk Queen; Abdallah
was by Mambrino, and he by Imported
Messenger; Suffolk Queen was got by
Lewis Engineer, out of DIR. Bowers
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-04-01
Horse Department.
PROSPECTUS.

The increasing prosperity of the REG1sTERls
gratifying to its owners but its circulation
isn't tenth part of what we intend 1t snail
be. The REGISTER is the highest authority In
the world on the true history and pedigree oil
the American road horse. As such,it deserves
and must get the very widest circulation It's
Horse Department is worth many times It's
subscription price = valuable, Instructive
entertaining. From all over the country we
have an immense amount of original matter
coming in Tor this department.
The REGISTER should be taken by every
one who has aparticle OF interest in the horse
The price is but also per year Tell your
neighbors. Spread the circulation. We want
the REGISTER to go upon every farm in the
country, from Maine TO California and there
are several it does not yet reach
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-04-01
BILLY S., 2:24 IA.

VIII you please inform me, also the
public, why you claim Billy 5. as by
Blue Bull: | bought the mare Pacing
Kate at the sale of Sam w. Long, on the
farm of w. G.. Emisen of Scott Co... Ky.
late in the fall of 1869, with colt by her
side, by Jim Monroe, and in foal to Jim
Monroe. She was then II years old, and
brought S5l5. She dropped a bay filly
the spring of 1870. that sold to Henry
Bempel. agent of Adams Express Co..
at GAINESVILLE, Ohio, when two years old
The spring of 1870 bred her to Almont
her foa of ISL was ii chestnut colt, Col
West, sire of Lorene, 2l5 81 pacing
and = 81 II trotting; Westmont 2;24
Sol Miller 20 pacing at 3 years old
Mabel H., 1929 II dam Texas pony
In 1871 bred her to Clark Chief Mar
chis). Her foal that year was a bay
filly, sold to one of the street commits
sioners of Louisville, Ky. do not re
member his name. In 1872 sent her t.
the farm of Sim Lewis, about thirteel
miles from Louisville, Ky. She remained
there until late in the fall of 1872 anC
was bred to Corbeau (sire of Bill,
BOice). | kept her at Louisville unit
the latter part of March or first of April
1873, and shipped her to James Wilson
of Nashville, Ind, to be bred to BLU
Bull. She dropped colt the spring o
1873 (said Billy s., and was bred t.
Blue Bull the spring of 1874. She als'
dropped chestnut colt by Blue Bull
called Bill Abbott. Her foal of 1875 b,
Blue Bull was chestnut colt, Jacl
Brush; her colt of 1876, by Blue Bull
was a bay FLY Vivandiere. She missed
in 1877. In 1873 she dropped bay fill,
by Blue Bull Carrie b, now owned a
Rockford, ILL.,, by c. ii. Spafford. Thes
are her foals since 1863; Bald Chic
(AdamsO by Bay Chief (Alexander's y
was her first foal. She had other foal
by Japhet and other horses, but dc no
remember all of them. How you or Mr.
Wilson can claim Billy 5. for Blue Bull
can't see. This was the first dodge
That the colt she foaled in 1873 dice
when castrated at ? years old and Billy
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-04-01
HOW NOVEL WRITING PAYS.
Securing a Publisher Is One Thing, So
curing Sales is Quite Another.


Getting books published is one thing
getting them sold is quite another. Little
as Trollope made by his first literary ven
lures. he probably made more than his
publishers. They were not a success be-
cause the public refused to buy them, and
if Trollope had not been a man of logged
resolution he would have given in long
before the tide turned. 1t by no means
follows, however, that every one who per-
severes with equal resolution will be
equally successful, or, indeed, achieve any
success at all; for though by practice al
man may acquire the knack of writing
readable English, no amount of persever-|
ance. without imagination, will make al
novelist.
1t is true that some writers appear toI
succeed at the first attempt. Like By-|
ron. they waken and find themselves fam
Gus. These instances are, however, very
few, and when careful inquisition isl
made it will generally be found that there
was previous preparation, and that Sue
cess was preceded by failure. Charlotte
Bronte sprung at bound into the first
rank of living novelists: but her great
natural gifts had been assiduously cult
waited for years, From her very child
hood she had been studying the art of
fiction and writing works of imagination.
The late Hugh Conway is another in
stance Of the same sort, though his genius
was of far inferior order His 'Called
Back took the country by storm and
created a rage for shilling horrors; which
is only now beginning to subside Yet,
though Called Back was the first work
he published, it was not by long way
the first he wrote. He must have had
quite large stock on hand: two. | think,
have been published since his death; and
| know a publisher who refused one of
Hugh Conway's stories years before the
public heard of his existence.
1t would thus appear that to profit by
authorship. in the ordinary sense of the
word, something more is required than 6
mere shutting of the eyes and an opening
of the mouth. There must be specia
aptitude, patience, perseverance and in
dustry. These. with love Of literatur,
for its own sake, will probably be sutfi
cient in ordinary circumstances to insur,
a fair measure of success. Brilliant sue
cess and enduring fame are for geniu
alone, and the man who hopes to make
fortune by his pen must be sanguine in
deed. True, Scott did great things il
that way. Dickens accumulated $500,
600 land killed himself in the effort AM
Trollope sold for $4,000 apiece novel
that he wrote in two months
But it is not every novelist that pos
sesses the genius of Dickens or the fertil
ity of Trollope. and there is at presen
probably not one English writer who ca
command the prices that he readily OF
tanned. More novels are now write
than ever, and the average price paid
authors has suffered a woful diminutior
| have been told that when The Londo
Graphic began its prosperous career, i
: proprietors paid as much as $500 fC
the serial rights of its long stories. The
now seldom pay more than third of tn;
sum.-The Cosmopolitan.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-04-01

the northern and western part of New
York, are so much priced as to command
higher prices in the principal cities of the
Atlantic States than horses from other
parts of the Union. This fine race is gen.
orally believed to have originated in the
northern part of Vermont about 1901
from mixture of the French horse from
Canada with New England mares. The
breed is sometimes known by the name OF
the Goss horse. Some of the celebrated
American trotters are of the Morgan
breed"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-04-01
JUPITER ABDAllAH.

BROOKLYN, y. Y, March 13, 1856.
j. BATTELL, ESQ.
Dear Sir - Jupiter Abdallah; dam,
Kate Kate bred by my Uncle. Adrian
Martense: dam of Kate purchased from
Conklin Carl of Hampstead, l.. |. Her
name is unknown to Us. Her pedigree
is untraced, but she was wonderfully
fast mare and wonderful endurance. The
sire of Kate was old Abdallah. Jupiter
Abdallah was named at birth "Bill Por-
gle" by my uncle. He was purchased
from my uncle by DR.. Waters, who
changed his name to "Maior Anderson -
He was next purchased by Messrs. Il. b.
Van Wyck and Peter l.. Williamson, who
called him "Jupiter Abdallah."
All the above is from Mr.. Peter l..
Williamson of Flatbush, Il gentleman
well versed in horsehesh. had to refer
to him, as know nothing of horses my
self. Yours respectfully,
\. o. MARTENsE.
Wallace gives, both in his lst vol. and
in the 4th, among ">tandard horses
both dam and grandam by Abdallah.-
ED. REGISTER.
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MR.. MILLER, RELATING TO ST. CLAIR

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. June 90, 1885.
Editor Register Your two letters of
June II and - are received. Mr.. Hurd
is out of the city at present; on his return
I will hand him your note of 18th June.
Replying to letter of 9th as to address
of Mr.. Tilman, Presley Dunlap, Barton
Lee, Messrs. Roberts & Olan, and VIM.
Reynolds; Mr.. Tilman was and is a
myth, and never had an existence; Messrs.
Barton Lee, Roberts, Olan, Presley Dun
lap and VIM. Reynolds are all dead.
Yours truly.
f, ii. MILLER, JR.
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DAM OF ooLDsMlTH's MAID 2i4, FORMER
LY OWNED BY DANIEL NORRIS, NEW YORK;
LETTER FROM HIS SON.

ST. PAUL, Jan. 20, 1856.
Mr.. JOSEPH BATTELL,
Dear Sir Yours of the 18th at hand
and am very sorry. but | cannot give
you the information you desire. | cannot
recolect of fathers owning such a mare
Hawk. Perhaps you might get my brother
in-law, Mr.. Wray, to look through father
books and memorandum and he might
be able to find something.
Yours truly,
join ). NORRIS.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-04-01

\ recent writer has shown that the
following of paper is due to the oxidation
of paper by light, and especially the more
refrangible rays. The discoloration is
more marked in wood papers than in rag
papers and more rapid in moist than in
dry air. Two practical results Of this study
are, first to keep libraries as dry as posi-
bic. and secondly, that the electric light
is far inferior to gas or oil. as the refrangi-
bic rays for SO large a proportion of its
light
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NOTES..

DR.. Franklin is black horse with star,
foaled May Sd, 1871, bred by Peter Le-
tourneau. Oakland, Me. lie was got by
Gen. Knox, dam by Winthrop Morrill,,
thus uniting the two great Maine fami-
lies. lie is owned by f. j. Lawrence,
Somerset Mills, Me-, and is the sire of
Lawrence. record 2 80 II, at four years,
Albion, 2 :33, Lady Lawrence, IA "a,
Col. Dyer, 3-year-old record , As II, and
Dart, formerly Slocum, one of the speed
lest horses in New York city. Also Ii
comic, 3-year-old record of $3.50. and
Others Maine Horse Breeders Month
ly.
Foaled at Abdallah Park, Cynthana,
Ky, March IL, 1887, Il bay horse colt, by
Sultan, record 2 "a dam, Smuggler Girl
by Smuggler, record 2;l5 IL second
dam, Madam Powell, dam of Monroe
Chief, record 2 rs II. This is the first
Sultan foal reported in Kentucky.
The following is from the pen of ''Ner-
itas" in the IIorseman: "a few seasons
ago, when Gen. Grant and VIM. H. Van
deabilt were regular road riders, many
enthusiastic citizens and visitants were
wont to gather at the halfway houses
or line the roadside of Seventh avenue to
see them pass by. Then the general
often drove a medum-sized chestnut mare
of Morgan type and characteristics. She
was a free, fearless goer, and would road
right along better than "A 300 gait on a
slack rein. The general sat upright in
his wagon, looking neither to the right
nor left, and acted as if he was not seek
ing brush. but never declined one on
| his homeward trip while on the speeding
ground. His practice was to raise his
| hands slightly when he wanted more
| speed, giving Silver "A gentle reminder
but there was no lifting, whipping OF
shaking up of the mare. If she was
overmatched. her driver coolly took de
feat and was ready for the next chal-
lenger. She was such a constant, busy
willing stopper that few finished ahead
of her on going the length of the fast
drive. 1t is now said that she was got
by Taggart's Abdallah. out of Lady
Franklin. but when the general drove
her it was reported she was by superb
son of Ethan Allen. She was bred il
lSS5 to Kentucky Prince. and the genera
during his last illness desired that she
and her offspring be presented to hi
friend. Mr.. George W. Childs, the emf
nent newspaper man of Philadelphia
Silver (the name given to the mare by
the genera) and foal were lately sent Il
Mr.. Childs by Col. Fred Grant, as pei
the following note; i take much pleasure
in sending TO you my fathers driving
mare, Silver. with her colt. The colt il
now nine months old, and is by the cele
brated stallion Kentucky Prince, owned
by Charles Backman. My father though
a great deal of her, and took much inter
est in the colt, which he hoped to raise
My father drove Silver about two year
and derived much pleasure and recreation
from her speed and gentleness. hop
that when the colt is old enough you ant
Mrs. Childs will have much pleasure il
driving it.
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sis this your fourth or your fifth mar
riage:" she asked, in loud voice, of an
old woman on the car.
Hush! Don t speak so loud. This is
my fifth, but he's in poor health and l
may want to marry again! '-Detroit
Free Press
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-04-01

Professor Proctor, in his new book on
"Chance and Luck, - undertakes TO tell
the chances of getting heads or tails in
tossing "A penny. If you toss an hour,
heads will not exceed tails, or
tails "hCads" in a greater ratio than
~ to 80. If you toss for a day the in
equality will not he greater than 101 to
100.-New York Commercial Advertiser
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-04-01

Queen Nab, a celebrated mare from the
State of Maine; Lewis Engineer was the
sire of Lady Suffolk, and got by Old En-
gineer, and out of Plato mare; Plato
was distinguished foal-getter, also by
Imported Messenger. David Jones, Cold
Spring Harbor, l.. L.
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Il. j. NANDERVEER.
DAM OF AMERICAN CLAY-LETTER FROM
JAMES M. WOOD.
WoopLAKE, Ky, March 81, 1856.

WoopLAKE, Ky, March 81, 1856.
W. II. BLISS, ESQ,
Deor Sir Yours of March - to hand,
and | reply mt once to enquiry.
owned the dam of American Clay,
and bred her to CassiuS VI. Clay, Jr., his
sire. The dam of American Clay was
raised by the Rev. Thos. p. Dudley of
Fayette Co., Ky, and was sired by I'm
ported Tranby; her dam by Aratus
granddam by Columbus. The balance of
her pedigree never had, but she de-
seconded from pure thoroughbred stock,
as have heard Rev. lhos. p. Dudley
often say, over 30 years ago. lie raised
fine stock himself, and at that time had
all their pedigrees in full.
purchased the Tranby mare in 1856
from Hector Z. Lewis, ,Jr,, of Fayette
Ca, Ky, who purchased her some -four
wears before from John W. Dudley,
son of the Rev. Thos. Z. Dudley, and
she died upon the place now reside up
on near WOodlake. In May, 1857, | bred
the Tranby mare to Imported Sovereign
in June, 1858, to Mahomet; on May %
1859, to Cassus NJ. Clay, Jr., who stood
that season at the stables of DIR. l.. Herr
Lexington, Ky, and on May 10, 1850
she foaled bay horse colt with star IN
forehead, afterwards called American
Clay.
On the 2lst of May, 1860, she was
again bred back to Clay and in May,
1861, foaled bay colt afterwards called
Conscript. In February, 1862, removed
from Lexington, Ky, to where | now
live. When in Lexington my stock was
kept by farmer in the county, by name
of Tbos. l.. Coons, to whom | gave an
interest in the produce of the brood
mares for keeping them, and raising theil
colts, and when we divided the stock in
1862 the colt american Clay) fell to Mr.
Coons, and got the yearling colt (Con'
script. Both American Clay and Con-
script in after years were not only trot-
tiers themselves, but produced trotters
Hoping the information furnished you
may prove satisfactory, remain
Very truly yours,
JAMES Nj. WOOD.
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A new pocket camera has been in
vented. 1t is inclosed in an ordinary sill
yer watch case, and is said to do very
good work by the dry plate process.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-04-01

Anticipation vhas big dinner which
we eat up ind shtill feel hungry all oafer.
Carl Dunder.
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LETTER FROM MR.. p. j. VANDERVEER.

FLATBUsI, l.. l., May ,. lSS6.
Jupiter Abdallah. bay, star in head,
ID 10 hands. about 100 lbs. for year
foaled ask Mr.. Van Wyck; bred by the
late Mr.. Adrian Martense of Flat bush,
Kings Co., l.. L.: sired by DR.. Rch's
Jupiter, son of Long Island Black Hawk ;
dam, Kate, bay mare bred by Adrian
Martense of Flatbush. sired by Tredwell's
Abdallah, son of Mambrino, son of Mes
senger: dam of dam. brown mare known
as rat-tail mare, bought of Conklin Carl.
He told Mr.. Van Wyck he bought on
Long Island as an Abdallah; believe
her to be one.
Stud service Flatbush, New Ulrich
@ yrs.) and Flatbush; sold by Mr.. Van
Wyck's sons, think went to Canada and
died; account of death you will find in
Wallace's Monthly. Turf performances
One at two years old; ask Mr.. Thomas
jackson, Atlantic street. Brooklyn. Stud
service one year at Newton, l.. l., after
New Ulrich.
Yours, Il. j. NANDERVEER.
Il. :. Some time | will tell you more
about the Abdallahs, as knew all of
them for miles about-the old horse in
his day and the days of Starvation at
Gravesend Bay. p. J. V.